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Product requirements (PRD)

Half of a PRD defines what to build. The other half defines what not to build. Explicit non-goals keep the discussion from sprawling.

Write requirements as verifiable sentences. A requirement without a success metric cannot be evaluated after launch.

What is inside

Feature PRD

Problem

Who hurts, in what situation, and why.

Goals and metrics

  • Define success as a number.

Requirements

  1. Each one verifiable.

Non-goals

  • What this version will not do.

Open questions

  • Questions that need a decision.